man-made lake

C377
concept

A man-made lake is an artificial body of standing water created by human intervention, typically through damming rivers or excavating land, for purposes such as water supply, recreation, irrigation, or hydroelectric power.

All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
reservoir 1,287
artificial lake 500
man-made lake canonical 218

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: man-made lake
Generated description
A man-made lake is an artificial body of standing water created by human intervention, typically through damming rivers or excavating land, for purposes such as water supply, recreation, irrigation, or hydroelectric power.

Instances (1,658)

Instance Via concept surface
Baldeneysee reservoir
Thousand Islands Lake reservoir
Kandy Lake artificial lake
Rani Avantibai Sagar Reservoir reservoir
Ross Barnett Reservoir reservoir
Kettwiger See reservoir
Double Oak Lake recreational lake
Union Reservoir reservoir
Lake Arenal reservoir
Burke Lake reservoir
Fourth Lake recreational lake
Clinton Reservoir reservoir
Oak Mountain Lake recreational lake
Kentmere Reservoir reservoir
Ray Roberts
surface form: Ray Roberts Lake
reservoir
Lake James reservoir
KRS reservoir
Castaic Lake reservoir
Los Banos Creek Reservoir (nearby associated facility)
surface form: Los Banos Creek Reservoir
reservoir
Lookout Shoals Lake reservoir
Aspetuck Reservoir reservoir
Selorejo Dam reservoir
Canistear Reservoir reservoir
The Long Water ornamental lake
Lake Wohlen reservoir
Novosibirsk Reservoir reservoir
Lake Wylie reservoir
Wishing Star Lake artificial lake
Nutting Lake recreational lake
The Pond
surface form: The Pond (Central Park)
Hesaraghatta Dam reservoir
East Head Reservoir reservoir
Lac des Chats reservoir
KRS Reservoir reservoir
Lake Anna reservoir
Thippagondanahalli Dam reservoir
Bethany Reservoir reservoir
Foy’s Lake artificial lake
Stanley Reservoir reservoir
Ray Hubbard
surface form: Lake Ray Hubbard
reservoir
Vaal Dam reservoir
Round Pond ornamental lake
Bhavanisagar Dam reservoir
Greenwood Lake (lake)
surface form: Greenwood Lake
reservoir
Bloemhof Dam reservoir
Dow’s Lake artificial lake
Centurion Lake artificial lake
Lake Kanawauke recreational lake
Lake St. John recreational lake
Hemlocks Reservoir reservoir